Day Zero of PASS (Pre-conference seminar with Kim Tripp)
This week, I’m blogging and tweeting from the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, Washington. The week of the Summit is...
2009-11-03
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PASS Tuesday Key Note – Part 2
Bob Muglia opened with January 13, 1988, when the Microsoft Sybase Ashton-Tate SQL Server program was launched. Apparently Bill Gates...
2009-11-03
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PASS Summit Tuesday Keynote – Part 1
Set up and and ready to go. Wayne Snyder is going to open the ceremonies and the key note will...
2009-11-03
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PASS Summit 2009 Day 1 Keynote Live Blog
(Note: Updates are listed newest first)
10:15 AM – And we're done! The rooms empty out to grab spots at the first...
2009-11-03
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My First PASS Experiences
Getting to Seattle
I started my travels to the PASS Summit at about 9:30 am (EST) on Sunday and arrived at...
2009-11-03
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Importing a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Database
Have you ever lost your project file for a SQL Server Analysis Services database? There is a great option to...
2009-11-03
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Date Expressions in SSIS
There are many different ways to manipulate dates when working with them in SSIS. Many great examples have been posted...
2009-11-03
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Quickly View Session Information with Query Text
One of the most common problems facing a DBA or developer in troubleshooting performance is identifying what processes, and by...
2009-11-03
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South Florida SQLSaturday
It’s very exciting to be involved with the SQL Saturday here in South Florida. There are already so many great...
2009-11-03
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Ups and Downs of Cases in SSMS 2008
Recently I was working with client and they were discussing the pet peeves of some of the new intellisense features...
2009-11-03
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers